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Female Victims of Violence
Provides the current findings on nonfatal and fatal violent crimes committed against females. Data are from the Bureau of Justice Statistics’ National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Uniform Crime Reporting Program's (UCR) Supplementary Homicide Reports (SHR). The report focuses on intimate partner violence and stalking. It includes estimates of the extent of crimes against females and the characteristics of crimes and victims. Crime trends are also presented, along with comparative estimates of crimes against males
Highlights include the following:
- In 2008 the rate of intimate partner victimizations for females was 4.3 victimizations per
1,000 females age 12 or older. The equivalent rate of intimate partner violence
against males was 0.8 victimizations per 1,000 males age 12 or older.
- The rate of intimate partner violence against females declined 53% between 1993 and
2008, from 9.4 victimizations per 1,000 females age 12 or older to 4.3 per 1,000.
Against males, the rate declined 54%, from 1.8 victimizations per 1,000 males age 12
or older to 0.8 per 1,000.
- Between 1993 and 2007 the overall rate of female homicides fell 43% from 4.18 to 2.38 homicides per 100,000
female U.S. residents.
09/09 NCJ 228356
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